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كما أنّ means "and also", "just as", "as well as" or even just "and", and is a way to connect together thoughts without having to use و all the time, thereby improving your style. You'll often see it used with a personal pronoun attached.
Examples from glosbe.com: (https://glosbe.com/ar/en/%D9%83%D9%85%D8%A7%20%D8%A3%D9%86)
واستطردت قائلة إن جهود التعاون تلك تشكل لكينيا وسيلة هامة لتحقيق التنمية المستدامة من خلال الانتفاع العادل بموارد المياه المشتركة، كما أنها وسيلة لطرح خطط تمنع إلحاق ضرر ذي شأن بالدول المشاطئة الأخرى
For Kenya, such cooperative efforts were an important means of achieving sustainable development through equitable utilization of common water resources, and also a means of bringing forward plans to prevent significant harm to other riparian States
ومن الواضح أن إدماج المرأة الريفية في سوق العمل يقل عن إدماج المرأة الحضرية، كما أنه يحدث في ظل ظروف أكثر تقلقلا وبساطة
The insertion of rural women into the labor market is clearly inferior to that of the urban women, and occurs under more precarious and informal conditions
This is a bit like asking for the rule in English to predict why "like" is spelled with L rather than R, but "ride" is spelled with an R rather than an L, as someone who can't distinguish between L and R might ask. In both cases, the answer is simple: they're different sounds, so they're spelled differently, and to determine how a word is spelt, you listen to how the word is pronounced.
Now, if you can't hear the difference, that's where you need to start. Luckily, you can train your ears to hear this, and there is help to be had. If you're comfortable with computers, /u/ThatBernie put together a great Anki deck to do minimal pair testing: https://www.reddit.com/r/learn_arabic/comments/3vgzm9/cant_tell_the_difference_between_%D9%87_and_%D8%AD_try/
If you prefer things the more old fashioned way, the FSI Levantine Arabic pronunciation course from the 70s is also freely available: https://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/languages/FSI/Arabic/Levantine%20Arabic/
That chart is nice.
But I prefer apps. This android app here is no joke. If you use android....
It will have you knowing letters in no time.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zoomat.qaida.noorania
The Jane Whitwick books are suitable for self learning and very fun, although they're too basic. Maybe you can start with them and then move to kallimni when you a reach a point you can read arabic script comfortably.
https://www.amazon.com/Colloquial-Arabic-Egypt-Jane-Wightwick/dp/0415426987
This is explained on the desktop version of duolingo. Basically, the mobile and desktop versions are very different, mobile doesn't have write-ups about the lesson you're about to dive in.
This is what you're looking for: https://www.duolingo.com/skill/ar/Country-1/tips-and-notes
>What’s the Deal With the 2?
>In English, there is no letter that corresponds to ء . Since ء looks like a reversed 2, we write it in English letters using the number 2. Check out these examples from the course:
>We owe this innovation to the texting culture. Because the texting technology was originally based on the English alphabet, Arabic speakers got used to texting in Arabic using English letters. Since there’s no good English letter equivalent of ء, they started using 2.
All lessons have a write-up like this, they're quite helpful so you know what to expect.
Well, for beginners I would actually recommend finding short stories in Arabic to help you build your vocab. The podcasts I recommended above are more suitable for high intermediate to advanced learners. There’s a book available on Amazon called Arabic Stories for Language Learners that I highly recommend! It has a number of stories in Arabic with the English translation on the page next to it. It also comes with an audio CD where they narrate the stories slowly and clearly. I think it’s a great resource that is well worth the $15.
There is a Qatar phrase book app in Google Play. It might be banned if you live or visit Saudi or UAE. I haven't used the app so I don't know how accurate it is. It creators are students from Georgetown University in Qatar.
I believe Qatar and UAE both speak Gulf dialect. (I'm studying MSA now, then will pick up Egyptian dialect)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qatariphrasebook.android
The best online dictionary I know is this dictionary which seems to have recordings for most words by a native speaker. Another great site to visit is forvo which isn't a dictionary, but is dedicated to recordings of individual words by native speakers!
It is called the big fat book of Egyptian arabic verbs.
Here is the amazon link to check it out:
You never heard of Anki? Anki is #1 in the Language learning community.
On Goggle Play the app is free. But on the App store (Apple) they charge to download the app. You can also download to Windows computer.
(There are some apps with similar names in Google play and on Android alternative sites that use similar names to Anki)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ichi2.anki
You normally cannot determine that without exposure. You would have to check a dictionary. The most common one in English for students of Arabic is probably Hans Wehr, available to browse at the top of this link. It's also available as an Android app.
In the Hans Wehr dictionary, the letter (a, i, or u) which appears after the transliteration of the third-person singular masculine conjugation indicates the vowel of the "عين الفعل" (second root-letter) in the imperfect (muḍāriʿ) form, assuming no or before any verb irregularities.
(يَرْتَعْ) مضارع مجزوم لأنه جواب الطلب وفاعله مستتر (وَيَلْعَبْ) مضارع معطوف على يرتع وإعرابه مثله
You can find the إعراب of Quran in this app but it's in arabic
According to some Western grammarians, e.g. Karin C. Ryding both fiyya and famiy are acceptable.
Wolfdietrich Fischer lists only fiyya in his A Grammar of Classical Arabic.
(Since there's no preview available for the English edition, I linked to the German original.)
Someone did make a reverse tree plug-in for Duolingo, which (somehow) uses Google Translate to play a clip of the word it offers, and masks the translated word you have to remember it by ear.
But, of course, it's only really good for listening practice, and you won't get any grammar tips the way you might going through a proper tree. And it doesn't cover proper حركات spelling.
In Arabic, there is a difference between the "Alif=ا" and "Hamza=أ", that "Alif" is known as "Alif Al-wasl (something like: Alof of connection)", you only it's only pronounced at the start of a sentence, but when the word is chained in sentence, it's ignored, for example:
This is the moon.
Hatha howa l-Qamar
هذا هو القمر
Me pronouncing it.
As you see (or Rather, hear), i didn't say the Alif, as opposed to this, as it's a standalone at the beginning.
tl;dr: Arabic sometimes ignores litters it doesn't use.
For Egyptian the best thing I've seen is this and for Lebanese/Levantine I'd look at this FSI course that compares Egyptian to Levantine. Then I'd just start listening/watching basic materials. I think there's a youtube channel that does simple street interviews in Egypt. And there's a collection of basic interviews in Shaami dialect that I can look for when I have a bit more time. Good luck!
Hey, I wish! Unfortunately those might be hard to come by. I think your best bet might be looking for a language partner to chat with on an exchange site like Italki. You might find someone who speaks the Palestinian dialect and is willing to teach!
Here is the same question https://hinative.com/en-US/questions/434755
The best answer (to me as a native speaker) :
لدي I have
أملك I own
عندي next to me, within my reach, and I have it here
Sorry for bad phone related punctuations...
Why not give LingQ a try? It relies on short stories (sometimes with audio included) to teach you different languages. They have a free tier. Steve Kaufmann, its founder, is an accomplished polyglot. He is actually learning Arabic and other languages at the moment.
You can trust Reverso Context, it shows you the words in context.
https://context.reverso.net/translation/english-arabic/capital+city
The first half of my Memrise course will help you to learn the very basics:
https://www.memrise.com/course/1509572/syrian-arabic
It'll enable you to learn some common phrases without the need to learn Arabic script (both transliterations and Arabic script are accepted as test answers).
An unhelpful contribution for now but as a heads-up for the future, keep an eye on Duolingo. They've now released their English for Arabic speakers, so hopefully this is a major step to getting the Arabic for English speakers underway...
Until then, I think best software depends on what you want to get from it - is it spoken Arabic you're really keen on (and if so, which dialect) or is learning to read as/more important to you?
I too did not think much of Rosetta Stone... An expensive regret. "Michel Thomas" was less of a let down - it is audio only - but I can't speak for his beginner level. Also, ArabicPod seem to have some free beginner downloads on iTunes that might be worth a go.
There is a children magazine called "Majid" which has its own app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ae.admedia.majid.emag Magazines aren't available for now but they're gonna be soon the app says btw they don't seem to be so suitable for beginner learners
But for beginners (also elementary and intermediate learners) there is a great app called قصص عصافير: قصص للأطفال https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asafeer.qesas These are actually children books (graded based on level) which have amazing designs and tashkeel and audio, i definitely recommend it
Lughatuna app ($3.50 ?) on Android or iOS. They have website that is free. But the app is great for Levantine, Egyptian and they are building North African dictionary.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.levanter.lughatuna
Credit to u/Berserker_Lewis for the recommendation. The pens aren't super great with Roman characters (and my writing style in specific) but they are completely awesome for Arabic. Thanks again!
Edit: the pens in question
I found "The 101 most used verbs in spoken Arabic (Jordan and Palestine)" really useful.
There’s this one I have. The stories start easy and short and progressively become longer and harder (though not too hard). It also comes with a CD with someone reading the stories in Arabic (although I’ve never used it so I can’t comment on that:
Arabic Stories for Language Learners: Traditional Middle Eastern Tales In Arabic and English (Free Audio CD Included) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0804843007/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_NEN6SYA5TZE6WER7J2T2
Salam, thanks good luck with your study. Btw if you have an android device you can download this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greentech.quran&hl=en&gl=US it translate every word in the quran, give the parts of speech and the root.
Hey there! In Egypt we used this book and I find myself still looking at it today! Great recordings and grammar explanations. https://www.amazon.com/Dardasha-Egyptian-Multidimensional-Approach-Teaching/dp/0967958784
Look for Diwan Biladna, the dictionary not the culture book,-- that I linked to in another comment on this thread and the 101 Most Used Verbs in Spoken Arabic, which seems to be unavailable on Amazon but maybe you can find it elsewhere?
I haven't found a good Arabic audiobook yet but Harry Potter is available in Arabic here. Amazon has quite a few books in Arabic these days but audiobooks are still lacking.
What level are you at? I might have some more recommendations depending on your level.
I found this book in Jordan - https://www.amazon.com/Spoken-Arabic-Dictioanary-Diwan-Baladna/dp/B00K1W4RZG - best Levantine book ever has a wide range of verbs, sayings, and just in general popular and good to know vocab
I enjoyed using this book after I learned a bit in Duolingo:
https://smile.amazon.com/Write-Arabic-WorkBook-Step-Step-ebook/dp/B01I5HK4YG/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=write+it+in+arabic&qid=1600441065&sr=8-1
I use this app and it's the best I've found. I felt the same way as you since I absolutely hate writing on paper but it's definitely the way to learn the alphabet. For me personally it really didn't feel like I was learning anything until I started writing it down
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qatariphrasebook.android This app is created by students and staff at Arabic program in Qatar for Georgetown University.
I study MSA so I haven't had a chance to try it out yet.
The QAIDA NOORANIA system is one of best to teach non Arabs the Arabic script. I believe it was invented by India or Pakistan Muslims to learn Arabic.
If you use an Android mobile phone then use this Google Play app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zoomat.qaida.noorania
One of several videos on YouTube https://youtu.be/JTKLoZJaL0Q
Try out Arabic Locker, a free android app that has nearly 4000 commonly used phrases in Arabic with a built in flashcard function and optimized quiz system.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.arabiclocker
I have noticed that since I started learning there are far more resources for learning a dialect, so maybe that will help my renewed efforts.
It's been a good while since I looked at it, but I self-studied bit with this Egyptian Arabic book. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kullu-Tamam-Introduction-Egyptian-Colloquial/dp/9774248422
Unfortunately it uses transliteration, and one thing that definitely hindered me for awhile was over-relying upon transliteration because I was uncomfortable with the Arabic script.
In terms of MSA, I had a teacher who used the Gateway to Arabic series, which I recall being ok although a bit dry. There was a lot of emphasis on writing which unfortunately seems increasingly redundant given how many people type more than they handwrite these days.
I don’t know whether it’s old or updated but it THIS
Check out this series to begin:
https://www.amazon.com/Kallimni-Arabi-Bishweesh-Beginners-Egyptian/dp/977416220X
Eventually just do a lot of immersion.
لقد فشلت is past tense منتظر - is اسم فاعل the tense is not specific just denotes that the action was done I have the perfect book for you. It allows you to categorize verbs in its proper tense so you won’t forget which is which. Check it out https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BCRXJQDS
Instagram link short vid of book - https://www.instagram.com/reel/CkWgMoijSSq/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
I just bought "The Little Prince" and "The Stranger" by Albert Camus translated by Hector Fahmy into Egyptian dialect. The kindle version of "The Little Prince" can be found here. A podcast with a live reading of some chapters can be found here.
If I find the kindle version of The Stranger I'll post it here too!
Hi, here's how we learned Darija: - we started with an online tutor on Italki, which worked okay but depending on the connection, the pronunciation of the tutor was often hard to understand - immersion: that will not help you if you aren't in the country - I recommend and enjoyed Ferkous films (search on youtube), which are in Darija, also show many aspects of culture and many are french-subtitled. That obviously won't help you if you don't speak French. - the Peace Corps manual gives a good introduction to both vocabulary and grammar, but its level is more appropriate for people who stay only one year and leave again (i.e. the peace corps volunteers), so it does not go so much in depth. - There are many Instagram and Tiktok accounts that do casual words and phrases, they may be a good addition once you have a bit of a grasp of the language - Finally: We took all our notes and audio recordings of our Darija learning process and turned them into an Android dictionary app that we use to look up words, check our pronunciation and see how to write a word when chatting on whatsapp. We put it out onto the Play Store as we think some others may also find it helpful. You can find it here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.ferhana.darijadict
We've not found one, so we turned our stack of ~2500 flashcards into a Darija-English dictionary. So far we have made an Android dictionary app, and it comes with (offline) Audio recordings for all of the Darija words, see here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.ferhana.darijadict. We're hoping to get an iOS version out as well by the end of the year. I hope this helps you.
When we learned Darija (and still do!), we recorded each word from our teachers and listened to them to help our oral understanding. That helped us a lot, so we turned all our notes, phrases and their recordings into an Android dictionary app. Maybe it can help you as well, you can find it here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.ferhana.darijadict
We just published our Darija dictionary for Android on the Play Store. It has audio recordings for all 2500 words, and allows you to search in both directions. We also included typical phrases that are used in everyday conversations, if that is what you're looking for. You can find it here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.ferhana.darijadict
I can also recommend peace corps if you are also looking into something with audio maybe also our Moroccan Darija Dictionary could be helpful for you. Every entry has an Darija audio recording and is written in both Arabic and Latin/Chatarabic script. Also, many entries have example sentences (with audio) and definitions or explanations. Right now, there are a bit more than 2500 words, but even more words are on the way. You can find the app here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.ferhana.darijadict
As Darija is more an oral language than a written language I suggest to look into as much audio/video material as possible.
One thing we were lacking during our language studies was a good way to look up words and search for Darija-English translations. So, we created our own dictionary app! Every entry has an Arabic audio recording and is written in both Arabic and Latin/Chatarabic. Also, many entries have example sentences (with audio) and definitions or explanations. Right now, there are a bit more than 2500 words, but even more words are on the way. You can find the app here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.ferhana.darijadict
Is this bath loofah? We call it ليفة "Lifa" if it's used with soap, and كياسة "Kiassa" or كاسة "Kassa" if it's used without soap like this one
Ps. I'm from east Algeria, you may find another name in another region.
An app called language transfer might be one to check out. This guy teaches Arabic (and other languages) from the perspective of already knowing a language. So you basically learn to build words instead of memorizing like most do with their first language.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.languagetransfer
The Qatari's have a history of winning on the world stage. Making the Saudi's and Emirati's look bad. They did it again. Little Qatar built an app for their Dialect. (Khaliji al-Qatari) Google https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qatariphrasebook.android
Apple https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/qatari-phrasebook/id1147644705
Maha Yakoub published book to learn arabic in Italian, but its not MSA, and its Palestinian dialect
https://www.amazon.com/Instant-arabo-Maha-Yakoub/dp/8858010108
Arabic Stories for Language Learners: Traditional Middle Eastern Tales In Arabic and English (Free Audio CD Included) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0804843007/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_RZ6FPZ8GB59XNPS99341?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
This was helpful
It's the first book in that collection, I guess you didn't start with it. Nothing particularly special, it's just not bad compared to the other textbooks in the series.
I'm not sure I can actually help 😅. We don't know OP's background with learning Arabic. I just hope he did an MSA course for beginners before getting into this whole dialect business. If his tutor is an actual Khaleeji Arabic teacher by profession and credentials he should be fine and it would be a good idea to communicate this with the tutor and maybe increase the frequency of lessons. A fair warning though, make sure the tutor is Khaleeji and not an Arab claiming to be able to speak Khaleeji. At a beginner level, this will be tough as resources are scarce a tutor should suffice. This playlist and channel should help, and a book.
You’d need to get a good VPN that bypasses the Netflix block. These are premium VPNs that stay ahead of Netflix, which constantly blocks VPNs. The most reliable ones, as far as I’m aware, are ExpressVPN and NordVPN.
Arabic For Nerds may have some answers for you, though I'm not sure if it will go as deep as you want. I mean, it has explanations, but if you're looking for like a list of words with the same roots, a dictionary is probably what you need.
Okay I have some good news for you, after some digging I found that Reddit's font is IBM Plex, and it does have an Arab variant you can download here: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/IBM+Plex+Sans+Arabic
So download the font, install it on your PC, then use Stylish with this script:
* { font-family: 'IBM Plex Sans Arabic' !important; }
Guys...you can literally just check for yourself here? Or google "duolingo Arabic."
I guess their problem is that they rely on the dedication of volunteers. Volunteers that all have lives of their own, not to mention their own dialects of the language. If they actually paid people to work on the course it would've been finished ages ago.
It's not too bad, you can download Discord from here:
Once you've installed it, open it and you can create an account. Then just click the invite link in the message you replied to!
Feel free to PM or reply if you need a hand or have any questions.
If you're open to online resources, have you tried the usual Italki/Verbling route? Your level is probably high enough that you can maximize this kind of one-on-one tutorial.
I've also been recommended the Kalaam Gamiil book series before I stopped studying Egyptian. Also have you tried the lingualism website?
I had the same problem. Found this and finally something that seems to work at least now.
There is also Anki deck for this which is highly recommended.
This is what I started and really like it. There is even Anki deck with Arabic scrip.
I'm not sure why randymanzone commented with that wiki page and you shouldn't feel bad for posting your question. I'm a student learning Arabic though so I can't directly help with translating because I could steer you wrong. However, if I were in your shoes, I would use this online dictionary called reverso context. It gives context for every translation (so you can be more confident your words aren't being misinterpreted) and you can probably play around with it to get what you need. Good luck!
This helps a lot, and I think you should be focused on colloquial conversations rather than getting hung up on formal conjugations of MSA. Learn the alphabet first (and don't have any of your friends teaching you the alphanumeric system they use on WhatsApp (ie 3arab/5abibi...) learn how to read/write.
Then focus on frequency (I haven't used this book but it might be a good starting point). Flashcards, flashcards, flashcards. First learn how to conjugate, then learn some fun verbs, then build sentences around that. It's like not your French/English skills where you'll be posting on reddit in Arabic. Learn how to order food at a local restaurant, get really good at it!
I think with this your motivation should be to sound REALLY good with a few sayings/expressions and scenarios rather than get hung up in the complex grammar of standard arabic.
This frequency dictionary that includes the top 5000 words deserves a place on your book shelf.
Each word is shown in a sentence so you can see it in context:
https://www.amazon.com/Frequency-Dictionary-Arabic-Vocabulary-Dictionaries/dp/0415444349
you can try Kitab sawti (for android)
they have plenty of free books and they're well narrated.
not necessarily textbooks, but the Hans Wehr English to Arabic dictionary is a must have for anyone that studies arabic. it is infinitely useful. another good one is 501 arabic verbs, because the language is all based on verbs it is extremely helpful as well.
you need a little bit of creativity and a lot of low tech options. here's one i found useful. Margaret Nydell published a few great Conversion courses in the early 1990s. I don't think they're available anymore to purchase, but try to get an interlibrary loan through your local library.
The chapters are the same across all the 5-6 volumes (including Gulf and Levantine dialects), so you could theoretically put them side by side and check out how the dialects vary in terms of frequently used words, tense formation, use of active/passive participles, etc. Most of the examples are the same as well. These rarely come with tapes, so you will have to get someone to record them for you.
here are the records on worldcat.org, you can see who carries them
Memrise has an app that's free. A bunch of people have created flashcards that they share. In order to find them you have to go onto the website. Create an account and everything will appear on the app.
The best user created course I've seen is called Egyptian A/1 to A/2.
https://www.memrise.com/course/746316/a1a2-beginners-egyptian-arabic-with-audio/
You can take a look at Memrise free user created courses on the website. These courses sometimes have errors. But this course is maintained by a few learners. Trying to spell words is a problem in all spoken Arabic.
https://www.memrise.com/course/746316/a1a2-beginners-egyptian-arabic-with-audio/
You would probably have more resources to study if you start with Maghrebi or North African resources. Moroccan and Algerian are probably closely related but the Tunisian and Libyan are probably different. I'm guessing because North African dialects don't have information available like the more popular dialects.
Memrise has a couple Algerian courses, but they have many more courses under Maghrebi or North African. Memrise has a free app. But you have to find the user created courses on the website.
https://www.memrise.com/courses/english/languages/?q=Algerian+
https://www.memrise.com/courses/english/languages/?q=Algerian+
I study this user created course on Memrise App and website. I've only been doing it for two or three weeks. (I also study Standard Arabic which I have done as a hobby for years.)
Egyptian Arabic A1/A2
https://www.memrise.com/course/746316/a1a2-beginners-egyptian-arabic-with-audio/
The Memrise App is free, they also have a website.
I study an Egyptian course on Memrise.
Here is a link to a Syrian user created course. I can recommend this.
https://www.memrise.com/course/1509572/beginners-syrian-arabic/
Here are links to an Syrian and Egyptian user created courses on Memrise that I have studied on the Website but the App is a totally different experience.
Syrian Arabic https://www.memrise.com/course/1509572/beginners-syrian-arabic/
Egyptian Arabic https://www.memrise.com/course/746316/a1a2-beginners-egyptian-arabic-with-audio/
This is similar to the other Memrise course that was posted.
I have been studying Standard Arabic for years and recently started trying to find a Dialect to study. Egyptian and Levantine have the most free resources.
ANKI has a good amount of Egyptian and Levantine. But I didn't like the Egyptian shared decks. And Quizlet decks uses a computer generated text to speech that gets dialect pronunciation wrong. But on Memrise-Decks (website is free, but app is subscription) they have a good deck in Egyptian and a good one in Levantine.
Here is link to Egyptian https://www.memrise.com/course/746316/a1a2-beginners-egyptian-arabic-with-audio/
On Decks Memrise website they have people that created courses, some have audio. You can probably figure out a way to upload to ANKI.
I copy and paste stuff to QUIZLET for MSA.
I've been using Anki a lot. It's a free flashcard application (Desktop, Android, Ios) with a spaced repetition system when it comes to reviewing the material, and a lot of options for the cards themselves (adding pictures, video, audio reversed cards etc.). I usually create the flashcards on my PC then synch them to my phone and review them in transit. It's ideal for memorising vocabulary, but you can use it for grammar and pronunciation just as well. There's a handful of premade 'decks' for Arabic online, so you can start with that and later create your own. https://apps.ankiweb.net/
The army is divided to 2 main groups:
Murab6oon(مرابطون): solders who are on the defense(usually defending a city, a castile, or an army camp) and can be divided to 2 subgroups مسالح وربايا Masal7 and Rabaya.
Muqatloon(مقاتلون): These are on the offensive.
Also, soldiers can be either مشاة Mushat(walking soldiers) or ركبان Rukban(riders).
- Rukban consists of هجّانة Hajjanh(camel riders), خيّالة Khyyalah(horse riders), and فرسان Fursan(knights). Hajjanh and Khyalah usually are Rumat who use spears and arrows where Fursan are horse riders who usually use Swards and they are always in the front.
- Caliph's personal guards are called حرس Haras.
- Rumat consist of a lot of subgroups such as نشابون Nashaboon(archers), منجنيقيون Minjaniqyyon(Mangonel handlers), نفَّاطة Naffatah(specialized in throwing oil and fire), and عيّارون Ayyaroon(trebuchet handlers).
I've seen this book recommended on here: https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Munther-Younes/dp/0367896729?currency=USD&language=en_US
Good luck!
I'm recently started learning MSA from zero and I'm currently using these two things (outside of duolingo):
For vocabulary, learning most common words using memrize: https://app.memrise.com/course/66669/1-5000-arabic-frequency-audio/
For grammar, this book covers a lot in an easy and straightforward way: https://www.amazon.com/Easy-Arabic-Grammar-Jane-Wightwick/dp/0071462104
The stuff I feel like I'm missing at the moment is good media to familiarize myself with the language and easy texts to be able to practice reading comprehension. But otherwise I can't think of anything that would work better for me than what I'm doing right now.
I have written two books on Levantine Arabic
The Dictionary of Levantine Idioms +300 Idioms of Everyday Syrian Dialect
Swear Words in Syria, Egypt, and Other Arab Countries A Guide
You can use Droid Naskh then.
The question of which language on top and which direction of binding to choose depends entirely on your main audience. IMHO, if it's for print, it will be awkward for one of the languages either way so why not consider a double-binding so your print can be read in both directions? i.e. make two copies of all pages, one LTR with English text, and right after it, in reverse order, a RTL copy with Arabic text.
Thank you! I thought that may be the case regarding fonts. The bottom one actually is Times New Roman... ha. I checked 29 letters which has some gorgeous typography, but I don't think we'll be able to purchase anything for this project, unfortunately.
Would downloading something like Terafik and using the included Roman characters for the English text the layout more cohesive? (Forgive me if Terafik is like, the Comic Sans of Arabic typefaces.) Thank you again.
Things I'm curious about right now:
To people who regularly use software in Arabic, does this font look great or weird? http://openfontlibrary.org/en/font/droid-arabic-kufi
How is this guy's pronunciation? http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4htA5PgqBycaURbQn3BNZw
Thanks!
The FSI Levantine Arabic course is actually only a course in pronunciation, but it's excellent for that. You can find it free online at:
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https://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/languages/FSI/fsi-levantine-arabic.html
Use the peace corps Jordanian Arabic PDFs:
A) https://www.peacecorps.gov/educators/resources/arabic-jordan/
In terms of shows, there is a Jordanian show with English subtitles called "Female" on youtube.
Remember while the grammar is simplified in Jordanian colloquial with respect to MSA, it has it's own set of rules. Once you've mastered the Peace Corps material, you can always look into broader Levantine Arabic resources, or Arabic study options in Jordan.
There's the FSI Levantine Arabic course (including audio): https://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/languages/FSI/fsi-levantine-arabic.html
Have at look at the FSI (US gov't) course From Eastern to Western Arabic it's intended for folks who know Levantine Arabic and are learning Moroccan.
As an encouragement, I have switched dialects a few times and it's a challenge, but do-able. With Moroccan, I think many Arabs seem to have almost a mental block ("I can't understand this -- it isn't Arabic.") I've done a lot of Levantine and MSA and have some French. So, I found it decipherable with effort. With practice, you'll be fine!
Looks decent, although in this case the examples all seem to be from subtitles (still MSA though). I've been using glosbe personally, which is another context dictionary.
Reverso Context website and Android app is good for showing frequently used words for MSA in sentences. (I wish they had something like Reverso for Dialect sentences)
>Wow good job, I wish I had your grit haha!
>I have no idea if these are used in عامية though :)
I guess when talking about some concepts such as culture they "borrow" words from fusha quite freely?
>Maybe it's مصل الأعلى or something, like worshipping the higher?
Something like ideal, المثل الأعلى?
Thank you for your help!
Seems to be على التوالي (via context reverso), and wordreference.
I said reverso context is full of it
https://context.reverso.net/translation/arabic-english/%D8%A3%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81+%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5
I can copy a few that according to me should have an alif:
كنت أعرف شخص يشبهك
أعرف شخص في الواقع يعمل مع الأغشية
وأنا أعرف شخص واحد محاولة لتدمير المرآة.
أعرف شخص يستطيع جعل هذه القصة حقيقية
Check out Drops. It's an excellent app for beginners. It will help you kickstart your basic vocabulary. It has around 2500 words divided into multiple categories with images (vectors) and sounds/pronounciations to help remember easily.
It is a freemium app. You can use it for 5 minutes per 10 hours (which should be more than enough). Or watch an add to get more time. You can also purchase a subscription model.